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Skills Minister Nick Boles has announced a review of sixth forms and further education (FE) colleges in six parts of the country, including Sussex. The review will include Brighton, Hove and Sussex VI Form College (BHASVIC), Varndean College and City College Brighton and Hove....

Three areas of Brighton are to be asked if they want residents parking schemes as another proposed scheme divided one neighbourhood. Fiveways is now set to get parking controls in spring next year after 74 per cent of locals supported the idea. However, the adjoining Surrenden...

The controversial Valley Gardens scheme is set to be delayed until next year while further traffic reports are compiled. The reworking of roads from St Peter’s Church to the Old Steine was approved in the final months of the Green adminstration after it received £8m of...

A new paid-for green waste collection is set to be trialled in Hove Park and Withdean and rolled out across the city if successful. The service would cost £52 a year and available in areas where residents have space for wheelie bins – although in those areas people could no...

Gaye Greely, receptionist at the White Horse in Rottingdean, has been recognised for her 30 years of service. Gaye started working at the White Horse in 1985. Since then the hotel, which is part of Old English Inns, has undergone many changes, including an extensive refurbishment...

A crash between a lorry and a car on the A27 between Southwick Tunnel and the Devil’s Dyke turnoff is causing big tailbacks this afternoon. The accident happened at about 1pm today. One eastbound lane is now closed and queues are building. A police spokesman said:...

A man was saved from drowning by volunteer members of the RNLI Brighton lifeboat crew on Saturday morning (3 October). The lifeboat was called out at 5.10am after someone dialled 999 and told Sussex Police that a man was had gone into the water and was in difficulty. He was found...

UPDATE: Wishard Mupawaenda has been found safe and well. Police are concerned about the welfare of missing 51-year-old Wishard Mupawaenda from Hove. Mr Mupawaenda, also known as Joe, was last seen by relatives when he was leaving his home address in Arthur Street, Hove, on...

An accidental fire which broke out on Saturday evening at a home in Merevale, Brighton, left one person suffering from smoke inhalation. Three appliances from Preston Circus and Hove attended the incident In Hollingdean after being called at 9.21pm. Crews used breathing apparatus...

Brighton’s “last beach fisherman” is being told to take down the collection of flint statues he’s built on the beach over health and safety fears. Rory McCormack started creating the mystical figures out of flint and other bits and pieces he found on the...